In 2 separate incidents, police wound 2 people

Two people were shot by police over the weekend in separate incidents in Independence Heights and Meyerland.

A police officer shot a person in the leg after they tried to drive away during a traffic stop in Independence Heights on Saturday, dragging the officer with them, according to police.

Houston police conducted a traffic stop just after 7 p.m. for illegally tinted windows and other “equipment violations” in the 7400 block of North Main, police said.

The driver quickly got out of the vehicle but then climbed back in and closed the door, police said. When an officer approached the vehicle and tried to open the door, the driver tried to force it back shut, and a struggle ensued.

The driver tried to speed off while the officer was holding on, and both tumbled out of the moving vehicle, police said. The officer fired his gun multiple times as he wrestled with the driver, and shooting them at least once in the leg.

The officer was hit in the head, and both were taken to the hospital.

On Sunday morning, a Precinct 5 deputy shot a man who allegedly stabbed two people and charged officers with a knife in Meyerland.

Officers responding to an assault found two people bleeding from stab wounds about 10 a.m. inside a house in the 400 block of Wigton.

Shortly after putting a call out to dispatch, officers with the Houston Police Department and the Precinct 5 Constable’s Office found a man with a knife in the 10300 block of Mullin Drive, Garcia said. The man allegedly charged at a deputy with a knife and after shouting at him to drop it, the officer opened fire, striking him multiple times.